Brain slices were prepared as previously described21 (link) and proximity ligation assay (PLA) was performed using the Duolink in situ kit (Olink Bioscience, Uppsala, Sweden) according to the manufacturer's instructions with the following modifications: PLA probes incubation was for 2 h; ligation was performed for 45 min; amplification step was extended for 2 h with a concentration of polymerase of 1/60 all at 37°C. Striatal primary cultured cells were plated into 8-μ well plates (LabTek, Dutscher, Brumath, France). Blocking (1 h at room temperature) and primary antibody (overnight at 4 °C) incubations were performed in a 3% bovine serum albumin (Sigma Aldrich) and 0.2% Triton X-100 solution. Rabbit anti-GluN1 (ab17345, Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA) and rat anti-D1R (D2944, Sigma Aldrich) were diluted (1:500) in the blocking solution. The anti-rabbit (+) PLA probe (1:5) along with an anti-rat (−) probe (1:100) were diluted in the blocking solution. Anti-rat PLA probes were generated according to the manufacturer's instructions using the Duolink Probemaker (Olink Bioscience). Goat-anti-rat IgGs (Santa Cruz, Heidelberg, Germany) were used. Cells were mounted in FluorSave (Calbiochem). Image acquisition and quantification are detailed in the Supplementary Information section.
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